The Senators' power play has a 36.4 percent success rate, good for fourth in the NHL.
On Tuesday night in Utah, Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig scored his first goal of the season, a welcome sight after he'd missed the last three games with an upper-body injury.
Greig's power play marker with less than two minutes left in the first period kept an important streak alive. The Senators have now scored power-play goals in four consecutive games. It marks the franchise's longest streak since last year when the Senators scored power-play goals in eight consecutive games between October 18 and November 8.
The Senators' power play currently sits at a 36.4 percent success rate, good for the league's fourth-best mark.
Its success is part of the reason for the team's 4-2-0 start, as it has allowed the Senators to overcome the fact that it has the sixth-lowest five-on-five shooting percentage and eighth-lowest five-on-five save percentage.
Several of the Senators' underlying shot and goal metrics are not flattering, but it was reasonable to assume that it would take time for the players to adjust and get accustomed to playing the way new head coach Travis Green wants.
A tough slate of games to open the season also has not helped.
Expecting the power play to continue to clip along at its current rate is naive, but if they can get some luck (i.e. the previously mentioned save percentage and shooting percentage) while experiencing some gains in their underlying metrics, the Senators should be in a good spot to capitalize as their schedule improves.
The Sens will attempt to win their third straight game on Friday, taking on the Golden Knights in Vegas.